Artificial hip replacement
Total hip joint surgeryMost current procedures for treating premature hip damage only serve to postpone, at the most, the only really effective treatment: implantation of an artificial hip joint. An operation to the hip is still not a routine measure, making it doubly important that unwanted side effects are kept to a minimum. Fact is, that the operation involves not only the joint itself, but also the surrounding tissue.
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This means, the operative incision to the hip joint is of major importance. In the sense of a more gentle procedure, a special lateral approach is made. This avoids any unnecessary separation of muscles and tendons from bone. Compared to the extensively used posterior approach this is by far the more benign method. It means that the muscular system is hardly affected by the operation, the rehabilitation period is shorter and complications such as ossification around the implanted joint are avoided.
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